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Can Animation Carry a Game?
By ImJustThatKinky • 5 years ago
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When it comes to your Ren’Py porn games, the porn should be the first and main focus. You need to make sure that if everything in your game is crap, that at least the sex scenes are good. Sadly, many of them even fail at that aspect. But, something that always stick out as a favorite for people are games with animated sex scenes.


A good example of a game that contains sex scenes animation is Summertime Saga. I played Summertime Saga back in the day and enjoyed it for the porn sic-com that it was. But back then, I wasn’t so impress by the sex scenes. Even though the scenes were animated, the dialogue between them where few and far inbetween. But I’ve seen some videos of more recent versions of Summertime Saga and that complaint seems to have been solved for some of the sex scenes. I’ve also seen this problem in School of Lust, where in some scenes, the dialogue takes a back seat, while the animation does all the work.



Animation is the same thing as dialogue and descriptions, you need a good mix of all them, or you’ll make a sex scene that feel half baked. As someone who has to write sex scenes, I understand how hard it can be, I’m the worst when it comes to writing up descriptions. So animation is great, but it’s always a bummer when it’s used as an excuse to cheap out on everything else.


Do you love animation in your Ren’Py games? Are you fine with just animation and no dialogue or descriptions? What is your favorite animated Ren’Py game? Tell us in the comment below.



Navajoninja97 5 years ago
I think text, and to a greater extent choice, show the difference from a game being an erotic visual novel and interactive porn. Neither are bad, but interactive porn is just meant to focus on animation and the visceral act of sex. Erotic visual novels are more stories that lead to sex and so the context of the narrative should be doing half the work for setting the scene.
Anon - Jack 5 years ago
I think animations can improve a game, but the text is what sells it, whether that text is description or dialogue you need good text
eternalexile 2 years ago
In games like this it's usually the dialogue and scenarios that get me anywhere, the sex scenes basically look the same in all of em'. They also tend to copy & paste sex scenes or overly stage out each level of intimacy.

Sound design is big though. A few of these games actually have good moans & squeals, and that can make a big difference.
Anon - P.A 3 years ago
I would say yes in a way, like if it sounds good and looks fuckin AWSOME as well as it having alllll the pit stops of a sexy game with all those sexy moments then yea I don’t think it would have to be a good game.